Mike Blank

4 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Kalloli Bhatt |Mercedes Mejia |Mike Blank |April Baer

Ever feel the need to get away? Perhaps, to a galaxy far, far away? Michiganders did just that this past Saturday, May 4. Every year for two weekends a warehouse in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood gets converted into a Star Wars universe. A small army of do-it-yourself artists, makers, and fun-seekers transform a half-block of space into, well, outer space.